Abstract
The binding energy of positively and negatively charged excitons in GaAs quantum-well wires is calculated variationally as a function of the wire width by using a two-parameter wave function and a one-dimensional equivalent model. There is no artificial parameter added in our calculation. It is found that the binding energies are closely correlated to the sizes of the wire, and also that their magnitudes are greater than those in the two-dimensional quantum wells compared. In addition, we also calculate the average interparticle distance and the distribution of the wave function of exciton centre-of-mass as functions of the wires width. The results are discussed in detail.
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